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Milling about the club level of Ripken Stadium on Monday morning, awaiting the Aberdeen IronBirds' media day activities to begin, I was surrounded by members of this year's team who had been requested by myself and other attending journalists to sit and answer our questions about the upcoming season, and being in the presence of so many professional ballplayers at the beginning of their careers began to make the normal thoughts bounce around in my head, the foremost among those being, "wow, these guys look so young up close." At the relatively advanced age of 31, I don't feel snotty saying a 19-year-old looks like a kid, but, lest I come off condescending, I will add...

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Milling about the club level of Ripken Stadium on Monday morning, awaiting the Aberdeen IronBirds' media day activities to begin, I was surrounded by members of this year's team who had been requested by myself and other attending journalists to sit and...

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Now, the Ravens' next destination is New Orleans, where they'll...

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The AFC champions were given Sunday off.
Now, the Ravens' next...

No man forgets his first love.
My first love was considerably older, and cost me $25. My father paid the bill in an effort to make a man of me.
It was a 1949 Olds coupe. What did you think I was talking about? Get your mind out of the gutter.
I loved...

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1. c. President Reagan actually launched the bombing of Libya on Oscar day 1986, but the show wasn't postponed; 2. b. Costume design was added for the 1948 awards; 3. c. Gene Hackman won best actor for "The French Connection" (1971) and best...

Grab a pen and your thinking cap as movie reporter Mark Caro tests your Academy Awards smarts
1. The Academy Awards ceremony has been delayed three times. Which one of the following did not cause a postponement?
A. The attempted assassination of...